SYRIAC STUDIES

Syriac studies is the study of Syriac language and Syriac Christianity. A specialist in Syriac studies is known as a Syriacist. Specifically, British, French, and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Syriac/Aramaic language and literature were commonly known by this designation, at a time when Syriac was little understood outside Assyrian/Syriac communities. In Germany the field of study is distinguished between Aramaistik(Aramaic studies) und Neuaramaistik (Syriac studies).